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Terhune-Wyckoff Family Papers (1747-1932). 10 linear inches.
ArMs 1977.192
Albert Terhune (1715-1806) was a supervisor of the town of Gravesend, a member of the Gravesend Dutch Reformed Church (ca.1766) and an elder of that church (ca.1795). Upon his death, he left a sizable estate to his six surviving children (three sons and three daughters). One of his sons, John (1767-1842), was a judge in Gravesend and a supervisor of that town during the 1810’s and 20’s, and a founder of the Gravesend & Coney Island Road & Bridge Company. Before his death, he wrote but failed to execute a will, and upon his passing his estate was administered by the sons of his sister Margaret, Albert Wyckoff and Jacob V.D. Wyckoff (1805-57), a New York hardware merchant.
The Terhune-Wyckoff Papers span the years 1747-1932. They are primarily the records of family finances and estates administration for the period 1800-58. The bulk of the material in the collection is in the form of bills, receipts and promissory notes issued by or to the Terhune brothers, and notes or records kept by administrators of the estates of several Terhunes and Wyckoffs.
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Saretta Hicks Papers, 1963-1965. 4 boxes (2 cubic feet).
AccNo 1978.170 and 1980.003
This collection consists of papers gathered and, in many cases, written by author Saretta G. Hicks. The material includes her notes and research for an unfinished book about Lady Deborah Moody titled Dangerous Woman: A Biography of Deborah, Lady Moody of Coney Island. Lady Moody is best known as the founder of the town of Gravesend in what was then New Amsterdam and later became a part of Brooklyn, New York.
The collection was donated to the Brooklyn Historical Society in two parts (1978.170 and 1980.003). Each accession number is treated as a separate series. The first of these, 1978.170, contains Ms. Hicks’ research and related correspondence. The second part, 1980.003, contains the manuscript, chapter outlines and indexes. The collection contains undated materials and is organized by topic. Of particular note is the inclusion of copies of original documents pertaining to Lady Moody’s family history. There is also a four page typed transcript of Gravesend town meeting records from 1656.
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Bennet Ryder Collection, circa 1676-1915. 2 boxes and 1 oversize box (1.25 linear feet).
ARC 001
The Bennets, Lakes, Stillwells and Van Sicklens were English families who lived in the Netherlands and then emigrated to New Amsterdam in the mid-17th century. William Adrianse Bennet settled Gowanus for the Dutch in 1636, while Jan Lake, Nicholas Stillwell and Dutchman Fernandus Van Sicklen were part of the group that settled the English town of Gravesend with Lady Deborah Moody in 1643.
This collection contains historical documents created by the descendants of these early English and Dutch settlers in Colonial New Amsterdam. The collection is divided into two series. The first series contains the papers of descendants of the Bennets and Ryders and the second contains the papers of the descendants of the Lake, Stillwell and Van Sicklen families. The documents, the majority of which are wills, deeds and indentures, were created from 1670-1915.
Access Points:
Deeds–New York (State)–Kings County
Coney Island (New York, N.Y. )
Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church (New York, N.Y.)
Gowanus (New York, N.Y.)
Gravesend (New York, N.Y.)
New Utrecht (New York, N.Y.)
Wills–New York (State)–Kings County
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Seidl Society Records, 1889-1898. 2 linear feet (4 boxes).
ArMs 1977.175
Anton Seidl (1850-1898), an influential Hungarian conductor, came to New York City in 1885 and became affiliated with the Metropolitan Opera and the New York Philharmonic Society. The Seidl Society of Brooklyn, created by Laura Langford Holloway and other affluent female patrons of music in Brooklyn, sponsored programs featuring Seidl at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and at Brighton Beach. This collection contains the papers of the Seidl society including roughly 300 correspondences from Seidl to Society President Laura Langford Holloway, roughly 300 Society programs and program notes, five scrapbooks from 1889-1898, four speeches and news clippings, and undated materials.
Subjects:
- Seidl, Anton, 1850-1898
- Holloway, Laura C. (Laura Cater) b. 1848
- Kraus, Auguste Seidl, 1853-1939
- Seidl Society Brooklyn, (New York, N.Y.) 1888-1898
- Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)1889-1898
- Brighton Beach (New York, N.Y.)1889-1898
- Philanthropy- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) - Nineteenth Century
- Scrapbooks- Nineteenth Century
- Orchestras- New York (N.Y.) - Nineteenth Century
- Women- societies and clubs- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) - Nineteenth Century
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